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Probing the Quantum Vacuum
Dittrich, Walter; Gies, Holger
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Paperback. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
This book is devoted to an investigation of the vacuum of quantum elec trodynamics (QED), relying on the perturbative effective action approach. If the vacuum is probed with external perturbations, the response of the system can be analyzed after averaging over the high energy degrees of freedom. This results in an effective description of the properties of the vacuum, which are comparable to the properties of a classical medium. We concentrate primarily on the physics of slowly varying fields or soft photons by integrating out the high energy degrees of freedom, i.e. the elec trons, employing Schwinger's proper time method. ... Read more
This book is devoted to an investigation of the vacuum of quantum elec trodynamics (QED), relying on the perturbative effective action approach. If the vacuum is probed with external perturbations, the response of the system can be analyzed after averaging over the high energy degrees of freedom. This results in an effective description of the properties of the vacuum, which are comparable to the properties of a classical medium. We concentrate primarily on the physics of slowly varying fields or soft photons by integrating out the high energy degrees of freedom, i.e. the elec trons, employing Schwinger's proper time method. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Series
Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642086861
SKU
V9783642086861
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